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THE OLD MEETING HOUSE.

by Alfred Noyes.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural device Noyes uses to organize 'The Old Meeting House'?

Q02of 10

The imagery of 'cardinal birds, like drops of blood' most directly serves to:

Q03of 10

What theme does Stockton Signer's speech most directly advance?

Q04of 10

Who or what is 'the only Bell that wakes the dead' in stanza seven?

Q05of 10

Which poetic technique is most prominent in the line 'Only the red-winged blackbird, and the rustle of thick ripe corn'?

Q06of 10

What is the speaker's tone in the stanzas describing the sleeping dead (stanzas four through six)?

Q07of 10

George Washington is described as 'our Englishman' primarily to:

Q08of 10

Which literary allusion appears in the poem's opening line?

Q09of 10

In stanza five, the airplane passing overhead serves mainly to:

Q10of 10

Based on the final stanza, what is happening as the poem ends?

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